All Retail Week UAT articles in November 30 2012 – Page 3
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AnalysisRetail Week Live 2013: Retail’s big event
From omnichannel to international to property, Retail Week Live 2013 will cover the key issues in retail, with contributions from some of the industry’s biggest names.
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OpinionRetail Surgery: How can a retailer maximise the chances of their new shopfit being completed on time?
How can a retailer maximise the chances of their new shopfit being completed on time?
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OpinionRetail Surgery: How can I avoid temporary staff breaching data protection laws in the run-up to Christmas?
How can I avoid temporary staff breaching data protection laws in the run-up to Christmas?
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NewsDixons to scale back Pixmania business
Dixons is to pull its loss-making Pixmania business out of a number of markets, cutting staff and closing stores in the process.
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NewsEnterprise Zone investment to boost innovation at Boots
Larger research and development site will provide extra capacity to realise retailer’s US ambitions.
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Analysis
Kingfisher: What the analysts say
Profits jumped but like-for-like sales fell in the third quarter at B&Q owner Kingfisher. The performance drew mixed reaction from analysts.
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AnalysisDixons: What the analysts say
Dixon’s improvement has continued with sales flat but life-for-like growth of 3%. The UK & Ireland division grew by 2% and posted a profitable first half for the first time in five years today. The news was welcomed by the City.
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NewsKingfisher group profit drops 5.9% but UK earnings up
Kingfisher group retail profit plunged 5.9% to £257m in its third quarter to October 27, despite UK and Ireland profits advancing.
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NewsDixons falls to £22.2m first half loss as UK makes first profit in five years
Dixons’ UK business returned to the black in its first half for the first time in five years.
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NewsOpCapita finally says “sorry” as 5,000 Comet employees face redundancy
Former Comet owner OpCapita has finally spoken out as 5,000 staff are set to be made redundant by Christmas.
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Galeries Lafayette to open first store in Istanbul
French department store group Galeries Lafayette has signed an agreement with Turkish group Demsa to open its first store in Istanbul.The shop is to be located in the city’s Boulevardi Mall and is scheduled to open in the first half of 2015.Demsa operates 110 stores in Turkey and also has ...
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Electronics specialist Darty to sell Italian business
French electronics specialist Darty is to sell its Italian business to DPS Group, while retaining a 15% stake.Darty will pay the electrical goods and services provider E3m (£2.4m) as part of the deal to offload its 20 stores. The transition will cost Darty about E11m (£8.9m). In its last fiscal ...
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OpinionComment: Fond farewell to the BRC
“You’ll need a very thick skin.” That’s what Kevin Hawkins, my predecessor as BRC director-general, told me as I took over from him five years ago.
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Foreign Investment Promotion Board deals Ikea India a blow
Ikea’s application to enter the Indian market has been dealt a blow by the government’s Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB), The Economic Times reported.The FIPB, which approved the retailer’s application last week, has blocked Ikea from setting up its Swedish food markets or restaurants within its stores. FIPB ruled that ...
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NewsRetailers cut back to cope with rates rise
Retailers are poised to slash investment and make redundancies if next year’s proposed business rates hike goes ahead.
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AnalysisAnalysis: How to manage a department store at Christmas
It’s the most important time of the year, so how does one of the UK’s busiest department stores manage the Christmas peak? Rebecca Thomson visits John Lewis’ Oxford Street store to find out.
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AnalysisAnalysis: Sir Philip Green - 10 years at the top of fashion
In his decade-long tenure at Arcadia, Sir Philip Green has confounded his critics, rode out tough trading and pushed his retail empire in new directions.
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NewsJ Crew signs for first UK store
J Crew has signed up for its first UK store, taking Burberry’s former Regent Street site.
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NewsComet: List of stores to close next week
Comet is to close 12 stores on the December 3. Comet is to shut all of its stores by December 18 unless a buyer for the business can be found.
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OpinionComment: Mothercare boss Simon Calver is making progress
New Mothercare boss Simon Calver is making progress with his turnaround of the maternity specialist, last week’s interims showed.